tag:,2016:blogdestructoidhttp://bulk2.destructoid.com/ele2/images/destructoid/favicon.ico2012-07-18T22:30:00Ztag:https://www.destructoid.com/,2016:/post.phtml?pk=231617Hamza CTZ Azizhttp://www.destructoid.com/blogs/Hamza+CTZ+AzizPlay Dishonored & Doom 3 BFG at QuakeCon 20122012-07-18T22:30:00Z2012-07-18T22:30:00Z<p>August is going to be one of the most jam packed months ever for gaming conventions. The crazy month starts off with the annual <a target="_blank" href="https://www.quakecon.org/2012/07/exhibitors-panels-and-a-chance-to-play-dishonored-doom-3-bfg-edition/">QuakeCon</a>, taking place August 2 to August 5 in Dallas, Texas. id Software's John Carmack will be kicking the show off with a keynote address, with other notable gaming figures such as Insomniac's Ted Price, id's Marty Stratton, and Valve's Chet Faliszek, and Tom Leonard all hosting panels during the show.</p>
<p>QuakeCon goers can also get hands-on with <a target="_blank" href="https://www.destructoid.com/preview-our-first-look-at-dishonored-226459.phtml"><em>Dishonored</em></a>, and <a target="_blank" href="https://www.destructoid.com/e3-playing-doom-3-bfg-edition-in-spooky-3d-228885.phtml"><em>Doom 3 BFG Edition</em></a> at the Bethesda booth. <em>Dishonored</em> was my second favorite game I got to play at E3 this year and it seriously needs to be on EVERYONE'S radar. Go play it if you're in the Dallas area, especially since QuakeCon is free to the public!</p> <p>
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tag:https://www.destructoid.com/,2016:/post.phtml?pk=226024Brett Zeidlerhttp://www.destructoid.com/blogs/Brett+ZeidlerFans chant 'We want LAN!' at recent StarCraft II tourney2012-04-17T20:00:00Z2012-04-17T20:00:00Z<p>A couple weekends ago, there was quite a bit of controversy. Besides the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.destructoid.com/two-fun-people-were-asked-to-leave-pax-east-225430.phtml">stir at PAX East</a>, something went down at the IGN sponsored <em>Starcraft II</em> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.esfiworld.com/news/top-5-storylines-saturday-ipl-4-gstl-finals">IPL 4 tournament</a> in Las Vegas on the weekend of April 7-9. MarineKing won the Global <em>StarCraft</em> Team League finals for Prime, which were being held at IPL 4. What's interesting about it is that he <em>almost </em>didn't. He was entirely too close to losing in his first round match. Here's how it all went down.</p>
<p>MarineKing was losing substantially to PartinG. It was a sealed deal. There was <em>no </em>way MarineKing was getting out of this one. That was until it happened. Somehow, MarineKing's machine had suddenly lost connection to the internet and the match prematurely ended. Before the GSL made the decision to have the players re-match, the over 3,000 fans in attendance made themselves heard and started chanting "We want LAN!" as Dustin Browder (lead designer for <a target="_blank" href="https://www.destructoid.com/review-starcraft-ii-180400.phtml"><em>StarCraft II</em></a>) looked on in horror.</p> <p>
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<a target="_blank" href="http://www.destructoid.com/fans-chant-we-want-lan-at-recent-starcraft-ii-tourney-226024.phtml">Read more...</a>tag:https://www.destructoid.com/,2016:/post.phtml?pk=210886Jim Sterlinghttp://www.destructoid.com/blogs/Jim+SterlingModern Warfare 3 to feature LAN support2011-09-08T08:40:00Z2011-09-08T08:40:00Z<p>With the PC version of<em> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.destructoid.com/review-call-of-duty-modern-warfare-2-154804.phtml">Modern Warfare 2</a></em>, Infinity Ward earned itself no fans with a number of unpopular moves, most notably the lack of <a target="_blank" href="https://www.destructoid.com/mw2-not-delayed-on-pc-will-not-have-dedicated-servers-152335.phtml">dedicated servers</a>.</p>
<p>It seems not even the makers of the most successful shooter in the world can so bullishly ignore PC gamers -- dedicated servers <a target="_blank" href="https://www.destructoid.com/modern-warfare-3-will-support-dedicated-servers-209112.phtml">are back</a>&nbsp;in <em><a target="_blank" href="https://www.destructoid.com/preview-call-of-duty-modern-warfare-3-201724.phtml">MW3</a></em>, and the new bit of news is that LAN support is thrown in, too!</p>
<p>"Yes, <em>MW3</em>&nbsp;has LAN along with detailed class restriction control and default class creation option," said community manager Robert Bowling.</p>
<p>Looks like PC fans are getting the full works with <em>Modern Warfare 3</em>, which is going to be really upsetting for the most dedicated ones -- now they're going to have to work twice as hard to find something to bitch about!</p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/#!/fourzerotwo/status/110502118787522560">@FourZeroTwo</a> [Twitter, via DarrenHC]</p> <p>
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tag:https://www.destructoid.com/,2016:/post.phtml?pk=198677Maurice Tanhttp://www.destructoid.com/blogs/Maurice+TanDreamHack's StarCraft 2 championship livestream is live2011-04-12T13:30:00Z2011-04-12T13:30:00Z<p><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="349" width="620" id="live_embed_player_flash" data="https://www.justin.tv/widgets/live_embed_player.swf?channel=dreamhacktv" bgcolor="#000000"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowNetworking" value="all" /><param name="movie" value="https://www.justin.tv/widgets/live_embed_player.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value="channel=dreamhacktv&auto_play=false&start_volume=25" /></object><a href="https://www.justin.tv/dreamhacktv#r=-rid-&s=em" class="trk" style="padding:2px 0px 4px; display:block; width:345px; font-weight:normal; font-size:10px; text-decoration:underline; text-align:center;">Watch live video from Official Dreamhack Stream on Justin.tv</a></p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.dreamhack.se/splash/">DreamHack</a>, the Swedish &uuml;ber-LAN party, is livestreaming a <i>StarCraft 2</i> championship right now. Go check it out in the Justin.tv stream above, or <a target="_blank" href="https://www.aftonbladet.se/webbtv/noje/article12865714.ab">here</a> for the Swedish video as a backup!</p>
<p>This is not the actual LAN party, but a "DreamHack Stockholm Invitational" event in Stockholm. Yes, the one in Sweden. See the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.dreamhack.se/DHS11/2011/04/12/the-tournament-is-on/">official site</a> for more info, but good luck finding anything there.</p>
<p>[Thanks Kaggen!]</p> <p>
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tag:https://www.destructoid.com/,2016:/post.phtml?pk=172378Conrad Zimmermanhttp://www.destructoid.com/blogs/Conrad+ZimmermanThis pack might make lugging to your LAN parties easier2010-04-29T07:00:00Z2010-04-29T07:00:00Z<p>If there's one thing that can convince me to never participate in a LAN again, it's packing up my computer and carrying it somewhere else. I have an ITX machine that wouldn't be a problem to move, but then there's all the other stuff you need.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The PC-Pack from LanSlide seeks to ease that process. It's a backpack with all sorts of pockets and slots and sections and so forth that are designed for the purpose of carrying around your kit. A slot in a bag that fit a keyboard snugly would be a dream come true in my life, I can say that much. I think I'd feel weird about having a monitor up against my back, though.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.lanslidepcs.com/pcpack.asp" target="_blank">LanSlide PC-Paks</a> [LanSlide]</p> <p>
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tag:https://www.destructoid.com/,2016:/post.phtml?pk=97278Colette Bennetthttp://www.destructoid.com/blogs/Colette+BennettIt's all good fun until someone gets stabbed: LAN Party Massacre2008-07-29T18:47:12Z2008-07-29T18:47:12Z[video]97278:100[/video]If you've been reading my work on Destructoid for a while, you already know <a href="https://www.destructoid.com/are-horror-games-redefining-the-genre--30831.phtml" target="_blank">I love horror</a>, whether it be in game, film or haunted house form. Aside from survival horror titles like <i>Silent Hill</i> and <i>Fatal Frame</i>, it doesn't seem like there are a lot of references in games to other types of horror, such as the beloved <i>Evil Dead 2</i> variety. Can we get some satire up in here, people?<p>Enter <a href="https://www.creativelybankrupt.com/">Creatively Bankrupt Productions</a>, the masterminds behind <a href="https://www.lanpartymassacre.com/">LAN Party Massacre</a>, an indie feature that looks like it has the chops to bring both the laughs and the gore. After my repeated, semi-obsessed watchings of <i>The Machine Girl</i>, this seems like just the thing to give me that much needed laugh after <a href="https://www.destructoid.com/e3-2008-can-t-we-all-just-get-along--97137.phtml" target="_blank">the debacle</a> that was E3 2008. And let's face it, gaming industry: we could all stand to take everything a little less seriously for a few moments, yes? </p>tag:https://www.destructoid.com/,2016:/post.phtml?pk=65474Ron Workmanhttp://www.destructoid.com/blogs/Ron+WorkmanLanwar 40 is here and Dtoid will be there2008-01-18T19:52:00Z2008-01-18T19:52:00Z<p>This weekend in Louisville Kentucky, <a href="https://lanwar.com/News.asp?Process=DISPLAY" target="_blank">Lanwar</a> is having its 10 year&nbsp;anniversary and its 40th event. The event itself is already sold out to game, but it is in fact open and free to the public to attend.</p><p>Your very own Orcist &quot;Grim&quot; Orcistman, Joe &quot;Buck Fitches&quot; Burling, and Ron &quot;Insert joke here&quot; Workman will be covering the event, and possibly be arrested for undisclosed reasons. But, you are asking &quot;Hey Ron, I need more details and also, why do I ask myself questions outloud?&quot;:</p><blockquote><p>Time: Starts at 11 am Saturday and ends Sunday at 4 pm -- 30 straight hours of Gaming!</p><p>Place: On the University of Louisville campus at the Student activity center in Louisville Kentucky. </p><p>Games: <i>Team Fortress 2 5v5</i>, <i>Unreal Tourney 3</i>,&nbsp;<i>WoW</i>: Leveling contest, <i>Warcraft 3</i> TFT, <i>Track Mania</i>, Duck Tape Wars, <i>Texas Hold'em</i>, and <i>Quake</i> 1.</p></blockquote><p>For any other questions, be sure to check out the <a href="https://www.lanwar.com/FAQ.asp?Process=DISPLAY_EVENT_FAQ&amp;EventID=114" target="_blank">FAQ page</a> on the Lanwar Web site. Be sure to shoot me an <a href="mailto:ronworkman@destructoid.com" target="_blank">e-mail</a> with your username if you will be at the event too.</p> <p>
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tag:https://www.destructoid.com/,2016:/post.phtml?pk=48086Dale Northhttp://www.destructoid.com/blogs/Dale+NorthSpace-challenged gamer accidentally grills his Xbox 3602007-10-08T12:14:24Z2007-10-08T12:14:24Z<p>Melting your Xbox 360 on a stove top is one of the situations where you have to share your mistake with the world, fully knowing that you'll never live it down. <a href="https://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/good-boys-and-girls-dont-leave-their-xbox-360s-on-the-stove/" target="_blank">Engadget reader Ty</a> could tell you about this unfortunate privilege first hand.&nbsp;</p><p>It seems that Ty was pressed for space during a <i>Halo 3</i> LAN party. One Xbox 360 took its position on the kitchen stove. Due to an ill-timed accidental (or maybe not) rangetop activation, this console has a nice, circular melted hole in one of its sides.</p><p>I'm sure that Ty has already heard enough &quot;nice mod!&quot; and &quot;Xbox 360 overheat extreme&quot; jokes to last a lifetime, but I don't know that Ty reads Destructoid, so be sure to contribute your comments below. &nbsp;</p> <p>
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tag:https://www.destructoid.com/,2016:/post.phtml?pk=40669Earnest Cavallihttp://www.destructoid.com/blogs/Earnest+CavalliPAX 2007: LAN parties terrify me2007-08-26T16:04:00Z2007-08-26T16:04:00Z<p>One of the big draws for PAX is the ability for people all over the world to meet in a centralized location with a couple hundred like-minded geeks for an orgy of blood and erratic jumping courtesy of the magic of an ethernet cable. </p><p>For the past three days, in a room directly across from where all the fancy, shiny new titles are being shown off, sit hundreds of people bathed in the luminescent glow of the cathode ray tube (or glowing liquid crystals if your pedantry is such that you MUST screw with my phrasing). From the crack of mid-morning until well after everyone else has gone off to kill their brain cells with booze and falling off of beds into hard, sharp tables, they've been locked into their various virtual worlds -- chief among them: <i>Counterstrike, Halflife </i>and the various flavors of <i>Battlefield</i>.</p><p>As much as I could go on for days about these virtual warriors -- perhaps an epic poem like <i>Gilgamesh</i> sans the flood and with more back hair -- the entire thing really struck me as terrifyingly eerie. Walking through the rows of computers and people completely transfixed by said computers, you get the sensation of having stepped into a Gibsonian future dystopia where the line between human and machine has blurred into a disgusting slurry of liquid fat and silicon.</p><p>After today I'm growing a beard and moving to a cabin in the woods. If the flying robotic squids ask, tell them I'm washing my hair.&nbsp;</p> <p>
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tag:https://www.destructoid.com/,2016:/post.phtml?pk=29290Papa Nierohttp://www.destructoid.com/blogs/Papa+NieroHalo 3: Thundercunt2007-01-16T10:57:00Z2007-01-16T10:57:00Z<div width="468" height="385"><div name="movie" value="https://www.youtube.com/v/0G4aDHWyz1w"></div><div name="wmode" value="transparent"></div><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="https://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" width="468" height="385"><param name="width" value="468" /><param name="height" value="385" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="src" value="https://www.youtube.com/v/0G4aDHWyz1w" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="468" height="385" wmode="transparent" src="https://www.youtube.com/v/0G4aDHWyz1w"></embed></object></div><div width="468" height="385">Four extremely low quality <i>Halo 3</i> videos were leaked on the interweb tubes last night and, of course, were swiftly removed. The only thing we are left with is Thundercunt and his fate with another man&#39;s balls. One more awful video after the jump. The leak has been foiled, but traces of what was shown and reader comments can be <a href="https://halo3forum.com/showthread.php?t=113490" target="_blank">found here</a>. </div><div width="468" height="385">&nbsp;</div><div width="468" height="385">In other news, a Dtoid forum member has spotted what the <i>Legendary Edition</i> packaging will be like. Hint: <a href="https://www.destructoid.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3068">big green helmet included.</a> </div><a target="_blank" href="http://www.destructoid.com/halo-3-thundercunt-29290.phtml">Read more...</a>tag:https://www.destructoid.com/,2016:/post.phtml?pk=28994Tom Fronczakhttp://www.destructoid.com/blogs/Tom+FronczakThe AssassiNation Machinima contest2007-01-01T22:31:00Z2007-01-01T22:31:00Z<center><div width="425" height="350"><div name="movie" value="https://www.youtube.com/v/nb6I-KoG4kI"></div><div name="wmode" value="transparent"></div><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="https://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" width="425" height="350"><param name="width" value="425" /><param name="height" value="350" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="src" value="https://www.youtube.com/v/nb6I-KoG4kI" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" src="https://www.youtube.com/v/nb6I-KoG4kI"></embed></object></div></center><p>Destructoid loves having gaming contests, but we can&#39;t be responsible for all of the kickass gaming giveaways on the Internet. This contest is sponsored by NBC Universal and ties into the new movie <a href="https://www.smokinaces.net/" target="_blank" title="movie site">Smokin&#39; Aces</a>. Together with Machinima.com, they are giving away over a $1,000 to whoever can submit the best gaming kill and raid machinima montages at their <a href="https://www.machinima.com/smokinaces/" target="_blank" title="Smokin&#39; Aces">Web site</a>.</p><p>The contest starts today and runs until Jan. 19, so crack your knuckles and tie your curb stomping shoes -- you&#39;ve got just under three weeks to make the best death demo reel possible. Not just any killspree or headshot will do -- mix the montage to music like in the video above and make your murders memorable.</p><p>The grand prize is $1,000, second is $500, and third is $250, so it might be worth throwing a luxurious LAN party just to capture enough killing for this contest. If you win, I&#39;m sure the money would cover all the pizza and beer you spent on the party. Breaking necks to break even sounds like a deal to me.</p>